Israel Insists on Some Construction in West Bank Settlements

JERUSALEM — Israel insisted Thursday that it wanted to reach an understanding with the United States on construction in West Bank settlements, despite a blunt call by the Obama administration to completely freeze all work.

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Memo to Israel (and Abbas): Obama firm on settlements

On the eve of the Palestinian president’s Oval Office visit, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that the administration meant zero growth, period.

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Pelosi appeals for China’s help on climate change

BEIJING (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged Beijing on Thursday to cooperate on climate change, calling a safe environment a basic human right.

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Supervisor Asks Woman To Take Down American Flag

Is it okay to show your patriotism at the office?

For one Arlington woman, the answer was “no” after she hung an American flag in her office just before the Memorial Day weekend.

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What’s Wrong With Our Sun?

The sun is being really boring. Nearly 18 months after the “official” start of Solar Cycle 24, observers are looking closely at the ball of hot plasma in the sky asking, “What is wrong with the sun?”

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North Korea Threatens Armed Strike, End to Armistice

May 27 (Bloomberg) — North Korea threatened a military response to South Korean participation in a U.S.-led program to seize weapons of mass destruction, and said it will no longer abide by the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War.

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Is Evolution part of Science?

Semantics is a big issue in the Creation-Evolutionism debate. For example, the word “evolution” can be used several different ways and have several different meanings.

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Another good question from a visitor…

The Question Comment

Adam and Eve were to replenish the earth, regardless how you look at this word and its meaning it does not mean that there was nothing before or after Adam or Eve but just the chance idea of some evolution carried forward. May not have been Gods intended mates but there were […]

California high court upholds gay marriage ban

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The California Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, but it also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who tied the knot before the law took effect will stay wed.

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